en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:03:28 GMT 15 By Danielle Wargo
Allow New Found Glory to reintroduce true pop punk music.  Take it from them. After all, they’ve been on the scene from the start.  Their latest album, Not Without a Fight, takes listeners back to the basics of what has become an incredibly popular genre. Having released nine albums previous to Not Without a Fight , New Found Glory has done a whole lot of experimenting, improving and learning since 1997 when they formed.  They started out with a very rough EP, but their sound and style picked up by 1999 and the release of Nothing Gold Can Stay gained the band a good number of fans. NFG kept pumping out music and rarely settled down from touring.  By the release of Sticks and Stones in 2002 New Found Glory was a huge name in the underground music scene.  With elements of old school punk, bubble gum pop and alternative rock they made undeniably addictive music.  Big hits like “My Friends Over You” and “Understatement” got all sorts of people buzzing about the band. With the release of Catalyst in 2004 the band brought about a more aggressive rock element to their sound, but singer Jordan Pundik’s distinct voice balanced out the new with the classic NFG sound.  Catalyst was followed by Coming Home in 2006. And due to their colossal fan base that only grew with the release, Coming Home put New Found Glory on the map of the larger media. As if trying to show that they did not wander too far from their original style, the band then released the Tip of the Iceberg EP two years later.  Their music seemed to turn a 180 from the direction they were heading, back to their punk rock roots… and beyond.  Tip of the Iceberg contained a more punk/hardcore sound that more than impressed their original followers.  Having been around for one whole decade, New Found Glory was bigger and better. Now, here is Not Without a Fight . It has got to be the most NFG of NFG albums out there.  Unlike Coming Home and Tip of the Iceberg the band did not choose one specific direction to take their music.  Instead, well, the sound of this album can only be described with their own name.  With the maturity and intensity of their latest albums and the raw fun punk-rock sound of the ones before, every song is gold.  Not Without a Fight is certainly for all fans.  ]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:37:06 GMT